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College Student Creates Gel to Stop Bleeding Instantly

In alternate realities like Mass Effect's video game galaxy or Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, all-purpose medicinal salves serve as a rapid cure-all for any ailment or injury.

Joe Landolina, a student at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, is one step closer to bringing this medical cure to market. Landolina created Veti-Gel, a substance that closes up wounds to major arteries or organs to immediately stop bleeding.

The product uses genetically modified plants and can be stored at temperatures from 33 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Check out the video, above, to see how it works.

It's a synthetic form of the extracellular matrix, or ECM, a part of body tissue that holds cells together and activates the clotting process. When a part of the body is injured, Veti-Gel binds to the ECM to form a cover that mimics skin and eliminates the need to apply pressure to the wound, reports TechNewsDaily.

While there are other products designed to quickly heal wounds, such as QuikClot, a clotting gauze used by the military, they require several minutes of pressure.

Veti-Gel can be used for both external and internal bleeding as well as severe burns, plus, it works in an instant. Landolina is looking to test out the substance in the veterinary field and ultimately get FDA approval.

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